Woujo's Guide to Anxiety and Depression

Positive emotion for human beings requires two elements: You must 1) pursue desirable goals and 2) feel accepted by the tribe. These two elements are related: we evolved to only feel accepted after we had done something to contribute to the tribe, and to contribute to the tribe we must pursue valuable goals. It is an oversimplification, but basically the failure to achieve #1 produces anxiety and the failure to achieve #2 produces depression.